Ruth Root

Ruth Root (Galeria Marta Cervera) combines digitally printed fabric with painted plexiglass to create shaped paintings that quiver in space.  Martha Schwendener wrote for the NYTimes in 2015  

Conceptually they wander into the argument between what is “image” and what is “pattern,” a battle in which pattern — seen historically in European and American art as feminine and decorative — was treated as less rigorous and important.

Ruth Root, Installation View

Ruth Root. Untitled, 2016
Fabric, plexiglas, enamel and spray paint, digitally printed fabric 111.5 x 169 cm

Ruth Root. Untitled, 2016
Fabric, plexiglas, enamel and spray paint, digitally printed fabric 215 x 129 cm

Ruth Root. Untitled, 2016
Fabric, plexiglas, enamel and spray paint, digitally printed fabric 174 x 115 cm